Los Angeles Angels Gary Matthews Jr. (24) looks for a ball hit for a double by Seattle Mariners Raul Ibanez during third inning action at Safeco Field in Seattle, on Wednesday, August 01, 2007. Seattle Post-Intelligencer Photo by Mike UrbanWhen I initially shot this photo I never even saw the sun streaming through the tiny doorway in Safeco’s 300 level. When I swing my 400mm lens to the outfield for a catch I am pretty much focused on just two things: focus and the white dot. The white dot is the ball hovering just above the fielders glove. Only after editing the images did I find the great play of shadow and light. The stadium was much like a giant Camera Obscura with the doorway acting as a pinhole. The image cast on the wall is, of course, an upside down and backwards projection of the sun itself. I bet if you looked closely you could see projections of sunspots in the light image. Just lucky to have a player run through that cool light!
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Seattle Outtakes is now part of seattlepi.com’s Big Blog. Photographers who’ve been posting here are now posting instead on that part of the site, along with columnists and editors in a blog described as a rolling digest of the best in Seattle news, culture and entertainment.
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I was driving around looking for weather features. That means trying to find a photo that either shows how hot it is, how people keep cool, or anything related to the fact that it was on its way to 95 degrees in Seattle.
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I was asked to photograph people waiting in line for the iPhone to go on sale June 29 at University Village. As a gadget geek, it was exciting to live vicariously through the folks waiting for their chance to drop a bundle on this beautiful new device. I’m wondering how long it will take before we’re using something akin to the iPhone in place of a laptop.
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An outtake from the Seattle Public Schools press conference in reaction to the Supreme Court’s rejection of diversity plans that take account of students’ race for assignments in public schools.
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